The Sun. — London, England, 1818-05-22 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW. The CLAIMS of 'the ESTABLISHED CHURCH ; con sidered as an Apostolical Institution, and as an Autho-' 'sized Interpreter of Holy Scripture. By a LnYMN.N.— RtvtNol•oNs, St. Paul's Church-yard; and GtusEaTs:St. aolas-square,Clerkenwell. We have signified, in the course of our critical aoitnAdvet sinus, that we shall not confine ourselves to Works that have recently issued from the P,kess, but direct our attention to productions of promi nent merit, if they have been some time before the Public. On this principle we are induced to notice the pi esent Tract, which is so laudable in its views, comprehends such 'sound I - loco hies, and it 81611141 rd by so pure a spirit of piety and genuine patriotism; that tve rejoice. to see it come forward in a new Edition. We noticed it on its first ap- pearance, and we are 1-tally confirmed in our opinion that it is a very vahuble work. It is divided in►tco nine thapter4, as stated in the Ta,ble of Contents, and every Chapter treats on subjects of the to. most importance to our Religious Establishment. It appea't•rs to be the main object of the Author to inculcate the doctrine that the ancient and true Constitution of the Chi istian Ghurcl► is Episcopal, and that by Episcopal 01dination alonecar► llolyOr• tiers be conferred, or any ot'►e he invested with the Character• of a Christian Minister. Ail who have not,receired such ordination, he contends, are mere Laymen, though they may assume the Gown and •Cassock. The Work, we find, is received on the list of books published by the Society for pro moting Christian Knowledge, which we conceive to be the highest enlogium that could be paid to its merit, considering the scrutiny which every IVork must undergo previonS to such reception.— It is, indeed, a very excellent production, and the more- interesting because it is the acknow ledged-production of a LAvmAti, who displays so much learning, judgment, and knowledge, as would doubtless render him conspicuous among the Clerical Order, it he were one of its authorized Members. We have reason to believe that the World is indebted to this, Author for many other valuable Works on Political as well as Religious subjects, and that he has been a powerful and eloquent supporter of the Altar and the Throne in productions which would do honour to his name, if he had not modestly withheld it, as on the present occasion. As the lamented loss of our be loved PaiNcEss has led to the intention of build ing New CHURCHES, a measure of essential im portance' in every point of view, and as we . mean to resume our observEo ion of this excellent Pamph let, we shall content ourselves, at resew, with extracting the following-Note' nu this • subject from the Sixth Chapter, and we particularly re commend it to the attention of the Society to which the erection of those sacred Edifices is es pecially intrusted, as very applicable to the object in view : " That the provision made for public worship in the Established Church is grossly inadequate to the population of this country, is a truth which, it must be allowed,' often affords a plea fur sepa ration, the force of which it seems 'impossible to repel. In many, polishes, chiefly in or near the metropolis, the places of worship, under the esta• ,bliShment, are ca,pable of containing only a small portion—often not a fifth, sometimes not a tenth —of the inhabitants. lo numerous provincial patishes, the churches, though not • deficient in pont of number or size, are often close shut up at the regular times of Divine Service; insomuch, that it only on alternate Sundays, and then but on one pat t of the day, that an opportunity is af forded to the parishioners of attending puhlicwor. ship ;, who, in many cases, having no resident Mi nister, are left, during the week, as sheep Without a shepherd. So Scanty a provision for the spiri •tual watts of the people, might almost induce a stranger to doubt the existence of an Established Church in this country. The fault however rests, not with the Establishment, but with the Stale, which, in professing to establish a Church for the public worship of God, solemnly undertakes to afford opportunities of regularly attending that worship to all the inhabitants of the country. — In direct and palpable breach of this engagement, a large portion of the population, in the very heart of the kingdom, is actually excluded, for want of room, from the churches of the Establishment, whilst, in many other parts, the provision made for the Clergy is so inadequate, that it is often found necessary - to allot the service of several churches to the same Minister,. in order to . insure him the necessaries of life ; in consequence of tvhich distribution it unavoidably happens, that the labours of a Minister, the whole-of which are due to a single parish, are divided, perhaps, among three or four parkhes, only one of which can en joy his pastoral care as a resident Minister. After all, in numerous instances, the income on which a Clergyman has to depend for the subsistence of a large family does not exceed that of a clay la bourer. These are evils of the greatest magni tude, and fraught with the most direful chit-se quences. They call for the prompt and serious attention of the Legislature, in which alone re sides the power of applying a remedy. The na ture of the remedy which ought to he applied, it cannot he difficult to discover. New Churches must be built, with full .accommodation fur all classes, wherever they are wanted, and the Esta blishment must he enabled, by adequate endow ments, to flank!' Ministers for the, regular per formance of Divine Service in every pact of the kingdom, and to provide for those Ministers suit- THE QUEEN. This morning the following Bulletin respecting the QuEEN'o Health was issued : s, Q ueen ' s Niue, May '2l, 1818, 11, A.M. " The QUEEN was not quite so well yesterday evening as Her MAJESTY bad been in the morn ing, but Her MAJEsTy has been refreshed by some good sleep last night. " FRANCIS MILMAN. " HENRY MILFORD:" We received this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday last. They are extremely barren of news. The following are extracts : " PARIS, MAY. O.—There exists at the present moment in the Arrondissement of Avallon, a young girl whose mind is deranged, and who is persuaded that she has communications with an angel. After remaining thirty nights in the open air, in the court-yard of her father's. house, she imagined that she must go to sleep in the cemetery oilier parish, and an the name- of her angel, she ordered two of her neighbours to carry thither the stone on which she Was to repose.—, This extraordinary conduct has given 'rise to a thousand absurd tales. It is asserted that this girl has the gift of performing miracles ; that she passes over a river with her feet quite dry ; that she exists without eating ; and that the most abundant rain would not wet her. Credulous people have fancied they saw something miracu lous when there was nothing but madness. The Administration and the Physicians are in come- quence on the alert. " Marshal the Duke of Dantzic has been ill 'or some days. " From St. Peteisburgh, the 22a ult., it is stated, that according to a narrative frolu Oona lashka, (one of the Aleutian Isles, near Kaq)s chatka), an Island which was observed to bc Aust formed as 1814,. in comegtlenee of a volcanic eruption, had, during 1815, acquired a consistence and form very different from what it had in the rreeeditig year. Its present extent is two wrests. The name of flogorloW has been given to it. It is remarkable that in 1814 this Island Was full of sea lions,' and tfilk in 1815 nothing but their bones were to be seen. The Grand puke Michael quitted Case the lOth instant, to proceed by way of Hanm• burgh to Holland, and from thence to England. FIVE PER CENTS. Monday 6B f. 40 c. DEFERRED STOCK. Monday si f. 55c. " VIENNA, MAY 6e—The Archduchess of Parm a is expected here very shortly. " The Emperor and Empress of Austria were expected to remain at Zara about a week, in order to make excursions to the neighbowing Isles, " NUREMBERG, MAY 11.-From Berlin it is stated, that the young men of the Laudwebr dis charged from active service, have been obliged to assemble to go through, the military exerciie for some weeks, and that disagreeable circumstances have in consequence taken place. Some of the young men - have committed serious offences against subordinath,n, and ordrs have been issued to bring them before a Council of War. . " WARSAW, APRIL :A.—Previous-• to his de parture the Emperor of Russia 'reviewed a corps of Polish tronps of 24,000 men. " FRANKFORT, MAY I 4.—A report is in circu lation that the Court of Berlin, in order to round the. Prussian Tel ritories, is in negociation with time Government of the Netherlands for the exchange of the" Territory of Cleves for that of Luxem burg." We are much obliged to our Correspondent in Paris, %%hose Letter we received, and have in serted, this day, for the pains which he has taken to justify the removal of the Allied Forces from France. We are not yet convinced by his argu ments, but we must defer our Remarks at present. There was a strong report last night among the higher Political Circles, that Parliament- will be PROROGUED on the 6th of next month, and that DISSOLUTION will speedily fallow; A Petition, interesting to every class of the Community, but particularly to the lower and middling orders, was presented last night to the House of Commons, from the Mayor and Corpo ration of Exeter. T he purport of this Petition is, to procure an equalization of the duty on Coals. But we rejoice to find drat similar-applications have been made to Parliament, and are every day augmenting. The subject de►nan+is the utmost attention of the Legislature. It is needless to point out the universal benefits which must result from the adoption of proper measures on this im portant subject. - We hope,:aS the subject of the Monopoly by- the WATER COMPANIES seems to be dropped by those who introduced it in Parliament with -the apparent zeal of true public spirit, .that that also will alnict the particular attention of the Legislature, that two elements of essential necessity may be rendered universally accessible, and upon more easy terms. ANOTHER INTENDED MEETING OF THE SPA FIELDS GENTRY. We were the first to announce to the Public the intention of holding the late Meeting in the Spa-Fields, and we are now informed from the same source that another Meeting is in contemplation in the Borough, probably of the disfranchised Inhabitants of that chaste neighbourhood St. George's Fields,- , --Mr. HUNT. having arrive:l in town, and recovered himself from the fears that induced him to be absent from the recent assem bly in Spa-Fields, it is said he will be invited to take the Chair.. S'esideuces, tits,t_they may take cltargeof their flocks, and perform their pastoral functions: As an auxiliary measure, the division of large pa:., rishes, without - however any infringeruent upon vested rights, might, in many places, lead to the most salutary results. To effect the purposes A hove mentioned, large grants would, it is true, he wanted. But, if a feeling at all proportionate to the importance of the subject were generally preValent, can it be doubted that those grants would be forthcoming I" The Established Church, it ought to be remembered, has been devils-ed of nearly one-third of its legitimate ptop.erty, which is now in the hands of lay impropriators. This property cannot indeed be restored, for its pre sent possessors hold it by legal title; but, when the object is to enable the Church to realize the inexpressibly important design for which it was established, surely some compensation ought to be made to it for such a spoliatiOn, _if not for its own sake, at least for that of the community. in making the necessary arrangements for the above purposes, care.• should be taken not to lose sight of the important truth, that the interests of reli gion cannot but stiffer, when its Ministers, on account of their external circumstances, fail to he looked up to with respect ;—or, to borrow the energetic language addressed by IVhitgift, Arch bishop of Cantei bury, to Queen Elizabeth, on this very subject, `'When they that serve at God's altar are exposed to poverty, then religion itself will be exposed to scorn.' Where there is no respect, there cannot be much influence; and, in a world like this, respect cannot be attendant • upon indigence, be the claim of merit what it, may. "Nor ought it to be forgotten that an ex pensive education is necessary to - qualify the, Clergy •For. their profession, whilst 'they arc obliged to forego all secular employments, that they may devote themselves to tire service of the altar;—that they may be instant, in season and out of season; in the discharge of their Ministerial ditties. Justice;- therefore, as we 'l as sound po licy, requires -that they should live •by the altar; that an order of men, on the success of whose labours so much depends, both in this world and the next, should be enabled to enjoy, not merely tire necessaries of life, but also the respect which is due to their station in society ; in a word, that they should be allowed the full benefit of the sa cred rule, which was promulgared with an express reference to their temporal claims, the labourer is worthy of his hire." TO CORRESPONDF,NTS. The EIGHTH POETICAL EPISTLE to the EDINBURGH RE- viLwERs To-tuorrow•.—Also LITERARY Rt'lLw. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.—(I Mt time), The Jew o Malta: Barabas, Mr. Kean ; Abigail, Mrs. Bartley. After which, Amoroso. To which was added, The Weathercock. THEATRE ItovAL, CovEvr-Gmtnr.r4.--Guy Mannering: Henry Bertram, Mr. Braham ; Lucy Bertram, lii s SU:Ochs. Al ter which, The Miller and his Men. MAILS. ARRIVE 9-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, I Holland. DUE-1 Waterford, I Lisbon, 1 Flanders. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIA SAY AT T Baltic Stock.... 981 2801 279 prr Cent. Red. 7i 2 44 78 77f a per Cent. Cons. 79hi 78ii al prr Cent.. 4 per Cents 97f 964 EI,VE O.CIMCK• India Stock .. .233 India Bonds...loos. tois. pr. Ncw Annuities 79 Exch. Bills, gis pr. Ditto, 2 i1.. .. 225.233. 21s pr. OlllUiuinl-1 pr. 41,1 dis. Cmis. fir Acc....79i1 79 7Sii 5 per Cent. N. Ann.loB 1078 i Bank L. An 20 5-16ths HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE•TO•NIORROW. Slorning, 22 minutes after 4. Evening, 47 minutes after 4 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FAISUM AUVEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1818. Stilt' NEWS. DEAL, MAY 2l.—Came down from the River last night, and sailed, the Martha, Hoare, for Calcutta; and Triton, Afar shall, for Brest. PonTsarov•rx, MAY I. 7 —Arrived the Mantura, Banfl'eld, from St. Michael's—sailed 3d May; the Harriet, from Eng land, had arrived out. Also arrived the Oli►e Branch, M`Mullen, from Jamaica, last from Cork ; left at Kingston, the John Barry, Lady Shirley, and Atalanta ; spoke on the 19th March, a Buenos Ayres brig under American colours, she afterwards hoisted an English cosign, and chased a Spa nish brig of war triuftliellitvannah. On 21st March spoke the Edward Downs, Hodson, from-New Orleans for Liverpool; she appeared very crank at that time ; she was in lat. 27. N . long. 80. 10. W.; and . the same night the O!ive Branch experienced z, veryhC4vy gale of wind from the W. N. Sailed his Majesty's , ships Yengeur and Rochfurt, for Plymouth. LivEarnoi., MAY 20.—The Wellington, Maxwell, from Calcutta to Gibraltar, was spoke on Ist March, in tat. 14.20. S. long. 6. ao. all well. CORK, MAY 15.—The American ship Plato, Holmes, of atol front New,York, with ilOstr, for orders, arrived at the month of this Harhour this morning - , with the loss of topmast, some sails, &c. the strong ebb-tide prevented her causing in. MAY M - ajesty's strip Cyrus, Captain Carroll, ar rived in our harbour yesterday, and this morning went up to her mooring - s, where she is to remain until the arrival ot Ad miral Rowley,---The Tiinnant is to sail on the .2Uth. HAnwt6n, MAY el.—Arrived the Prince of Orange paCliet, jultit froVo HolLyd; —Sai t Henry Freeling packet, with ditto for ditto, Prti f yik# AN)) AUTHEtinC COR*;;•,10: Paatsi - i - May . lB.--At your desire , once 'snore return to the "Subject of the restu s of the ALLIED Trtoort; in France: ‘V ere (111 r 1 to-consult national [nitre . , I might rejT ce — h l it io honailiation of a proud and pOweidtd l4 / 4 1 ' • e indulgence of: sticli c 'a: feeling c a n Scarc ., praise-worthy, when the s&ndeSt Po li q an at highest political " . considerations, being " than the immutabl e p r i nc ipl es of justice.' !,• 1 : not attended to, w ou ld, t o an a bsolute cerfa. l again engage all E uro p e i n a war of extertair9t; condemn the - measure ; when, in fact, ° II it et pends the fate of an E m pi r e which is °f great weight in th e p o liti ca l balance of Flurd°l,. we (night to put aside all private affeeti p° ; an a! personal vanity, and cons id er things with "- mi a tiality. The wardship in which we holcl 0. ' 1; is evidently not a natural state, and to P e gi rsi l 0: it, as a right, wou ld com p rom i se the and influence the deSt-ibies of all Europe ' . t er lf , wheels of this grand MachinC - must act r h - e ii' which they cannot* if_one of the princiP3l an inert state ; for, philosophically European States form but iane, famdP whole. When it is resolved to subchtell” t io i tt a populous and warlik e nat i o n u n d e r• thel°l‘eis immense force must b e opposed to if— rl) t! what BUONAPARTE (11(1 in Prussia, an d vv l ‘ cel could not do in Spain: But to pretend 10 , 1 ( France in awe witty 120,000 men is'as if 011 e. tended to put HERCULE S i n l ea ding st tilig h s :lo l/ have resided in France a long time, and since the Restorati on , an d I c an asi°r from my own personal obs erva ti o n, ;ll 3t settee of our troops have h a d no o ther e lect that of souring the temper of the nariv ° ' i exciting the public I ELM. aga i nst t h e Ef;t4' i9 ; o o 4 lion, to whom they attrib u t e t h e measur e ' t o if r the troops have cond u ct e d th emse lves wi ll ' - h elfe device and humanity to which the Fren ch :, selves would do justice, if wounded natio o ' did not prevent them. Do you not perce ive the presence of the Allied Troops be c°rse or fl ' perpetual pretext of attacks against th e (1-‘) lit c o ment ; that the humiliation of the Nati an ! c ri t' l its affection for its Sovereign, to whom, rig wrong, it attaches a portion of the 171 ' 1.9e , e r o f this ge that the Factions take advantage e ll discontent ? You say that good FrenclO:gli friends of order and peace, the faithfals crc° ) Louts XVIII., behold these foreign tr °°P : st ilt ° pleasure ; believe rue it is an error, un less - 1( 1 d i la description you understand the Ultra- licl" -s to lir' l imagined, I know t int why, that Europ e f. ` l o i c te' their extravagant hopes and pretension s • to offer my 'opinion it wo u ld be very ditre r ' el tt s'as e' would say that the vast bulk of the Frel)c•it tier' (1 01 ' . lion are eminently the friends of peace 89 and for the sake of it suffer, though t ut at a dtt humiliation, and a devouring cancer topreY('cosij vitals of the State for a while, even wheatheg 010 instantly extirpate it. But I again rel je3i' pli ls every thing depends on the wisdom of the . 01 try. Let it inspire love for THE Kli4Gt by , lit R I S 1 ins; itself a .strict observer of THE C" -- e V ' it apply the Laws with impartiality; h et it its :Officers throughout the Kingdom °' men who are 'firm, wise, and concil;at°l'co"(l France will soon become one of the caln le . s o,o l4( ', e o tries in Europe. As an Englishman, fa" 1.11, It with the Liberty-of the Pr es s, I s mile "% i re t l ~ - 0 tempt on the shoal of pamphlets whi chll ''', ( terror of the Ministers of Louts XV l.l ' . a ever they or their friend M. Maact l4r l e. 13 0 say, such writings never endangered a s " ) d eo s ,a when the misconduct of Government 5 , fri wide career to the attack s o f pamold et r a j olts State is threatened, not because the ' 4 ," d e ril li „! Placemen are divulged, but because the til e ; stration of the State is bad. The ign °r3 , l4 o s accuse the Press, w;ith as little ret' s°l 'ha c rj oi s sp rr i o ri n t g os - o r would accuse a man of bunting a house out Fire. Let then the Ministers oPe s p - or 00 4 ; declamations of the ill.disposed an . tit air tad able conduct, and they may rely ($„.• ;$ mense Majority of the Nat ion ratitiplir self under their hairnets. the most formidable factioi r r i s . , lie tl% will succeed to the revolutionary 9pirit• r , 55 will answer, if the Mi n i s t e rs want fir ll % e .ill wisdom, who can auswea that Fr a liCe become once more a vast volcano, ''',"c ' e etj throw, the burning lava of Revolution 0 0 0 1 j Etatope ? grant it, but then coo 121/ivarel, remedy the evil ?—No, all the forces °I i . e s . i lV concentrated would Seared , / be able to rerfaro,ti, efforts of a natiorrof 30 millions rendere" The Ministers of Louts XVII!. are 011,10,:'r too enlightened not to:see where the dill'rorar' I have watched their-steps, nod have dis c o !' f , that in familiarizing themselves by degreetieeli a Representative Government, they dai l Yll greater dexterity in ra„ xe , o r it , 0(1%0 0 , ° they will doubtless be as well acquaioted Ce,! the mechanism of the system as oir rsehre s ' ot , o ! sitter only the point front which they se; °O,lO// the point at which they are arrived. let France has gained since 1515 ! There Ye,t much to be done, hut the progressiou f . s P a „or awd uniform, and affords the most cheerfner net t for the future. s e re , I have just learnt that M. PoterALIR yesterday for Rnme to negociate with T t4l; 14 40 and, it is said, frame a new Corteedit'.yP this will 11 , 4ree with his INFALLIBLi time will discover. 1 ( " 1 ti r th Ttl tb g bsl fp - I , ll t c Wh tt lti e • .11 L ° t a . ()RR 1 4 , di gs N Si subs well ttud t Ces sii 4 0 . kt, d ; or,„;. 'seri I tht der,ol, It Ni, si v be